Tort law worksheet with answers

Defamation protects a person's:

1. AProperty
2. BReputation
3. CPhysical safety
4. DPrivacy of medical records only

The tort of assault is:

1. AHolding someone in a room against their will
2. BCausing someone to reasonably expect immediate unlawful force
3. CActually applying force to someone directly and without their consent
4. DInsulting someone in front of others

Contributory negligence usually leads to:

1. AComplete defeat of the claim in all modern systems
2. BCriminal liability for the claimant
3. CA reduction in the claimant's damages
4. DA higher award of damages

A driver is in a minor collision, suffers no physical injury, but his chronic fatigue illness becomes permanent. In Page v Smith, he could recover because:

1. AHe was a primary victim and personal injury of some kind was foreseeable
2. BPsychiatric injury is always recoverable after any road accident, however minor
3. CThe defendant intended to injure him
4. DHe had a close tie of love with the other driver

A young man dives into a shallow lake in a public park despite warning signs and is paralysed. In Tomlinson v Congleton BC, the council was:

1. ANot liable, because the risk was obvious and voluntarily taken
2. BLiable, because the signs were ignored by many
3. CLiable for half of the damage
4. DLiable, because it did not destroy the beach

A solicitor negligently delays preparing a new will, and the client dies before signing. The intended beneficiaries lose their gifts. In White v Jones, the solicitor:

1. AWas liable to the disappointed beneficiaries
2. BWas not liable, because there was no contract with them
3. CWas not liable, because the will was never signed
4. DWas liable only to the client's estate

A tall new building blocks television reception for many nearby homes. In Hunter v Canary Wharf, the House of Lords held:

1. AThere was no nuisance, as nuisance requires noise
2. BThere was a nuisance, but only the council could sue
3. CThere was a nuisance, and all residents, including family members and lodgers, could sue
4. DThere was no actionable nuisance, and only those with an interest in land could sue

A man's leg is injured by a negligent driver. Later, robbers shoot the same leg and it is amputated. In Baker v Willoughby, the driver:

1. AWas liable for the amputation too
2. BRemained liable for the original disability after the shooting
3. CWas liable only until the shooting
4. DWas released completely from liability by the robbers' later shooting